Which to use
“héritages” is a noun and “héritées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,208
- “héritages” frequency rank
- #40,804
- “héritées” frequency rank
- 71012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | héritages | héritées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de héritage. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de hériter. |
Where the eye mixes héritages and héritées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. héritages runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against héritées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses héritages with héritées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: héritages is \e.ʁi.taʒ\ while héritées is ^((h muet))\e.ʁi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
héritages is recorded at frequency rank #30,208, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.ʁi.taʒ\. héritées is at rank #40,804, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\e.ʁi.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 71012, this pair ranks #49,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of héritages vs héritées
Shared letters: ehirsté. Private to "héritages": ag. Private to "héritées": -.
"héritages" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "héritées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "héritages" and "héritées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "héritages" or "héritées" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "héritages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "héritées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "héritages" and "héritées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "héritée vs héritées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #49,135 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.